Conceiving ethical gamete and embryo research in a post-Dickey-Wicker USA

In a recent essay in Science, we advocated lifting restrictions on federal funding for research involving parthenogenesis, restrictions that have been placed by a rider, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (DWA), to every budget for the US Department of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education since...

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Published in:Science & public policy 2012-02, Vol.39 (1), p.129-132
Main Authors: Campo-Engelstein, Lisa, Tingen, Candace, Rodriguez, Sarah, Woodruff, Teresa K.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Budget, Government
Education
Labor
Public policy
Science
Science policy
United States
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Summary:In a recent essay in Science, we advocated lifting restrictions on federal funding for research involving parthenogenesis, restrictions that have been placed by a rider, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (DWA), to every budget for the US Department of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education since 1996. We concluded that contribution by calling for the reconsideration of the entire amendment and suggesting that it be removed from the budget. In this contribution, we outline how research using human parthenotes, embryos, stem cells, eggs, or sperm could be ethically funded if the DWA were to be rescinded in the USA.
ISSN:0302-3427
1471-5430
DOI:10.3152/030234212X13214603531888